Two years after the public unveiling of the American Coalition for Ethanol Hybrid Electric Flex Fuel vehicle at its 2021 annual conference in Minneapolis, ACE demonstrated the project’s value to conference attendees at this year’s conference.
Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen is encouraging the federal government to allow the U.S. DOE's GREET model to be used to calculate GHG reductions for the purposes of the SAF tax credit.
U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 900,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in May, according to the August edition of the U.S. EIA's Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass reached 840,000 tons during the month.
Syngenta Seeds LLC and Sustainable Oils Inc. have entered into a new agreement to sell camelina sativa seed – an ultra-low carbon oilseed crop that can be used as feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other biofuels.
ACE announced the re-election of several board members and the election of two new members to the organization’s board of directors during its annual business meeting prior to ACE’s 36th annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The American Coalition for Ethanol’s 36th annual conference kicked off in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this week with an update from ACE leadership, including ACE Board President, Dave Sovereign, ACE CMO Ron Lamberty, and ACE CEO Brian Jennings.
In a letter on Aug. 24 to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the RFA blasted EPA’s Science Advisory Board for its recent report making “specious” and unfounded claims about corn ethanol’s impact on greenhouse gas emissions.
Aemetis Inc. has announced the sale of 88,883 D3 renewable identification number credits (RINs), the company’s first commercial D3 RIN transaction under the RFS generated by the Aemetis Biogas Central Digester Project in California.
LanzaTech U.K. Ltd, a subsidiary of LanzaTech Global Inc. has announced the next stage of consultation on its proposed industrial facility to turn ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The consultation is open through Sept. 13.
Fiera Infrastructure Private Debt has announced the closing of a senior secured credit facility to Pine Creek Renewables, the developer, owner, and operator of a growing portfolio of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects.
Aemetis Inc. has announced the sale of 88,883 D3 renewable identification number credits (RINs), the company's first commercial D3 RIN transaction under the RFS generated by the Aemetis Biogas Central Digester Project in California.
California hit an important milestone in its shift away from polluting fuel sources, with clean fuels replacing over 50 percent of the diesel used in the state in the first quarter of 2023, according to the California Air Resources Board.
Canadian fuel ethanol consumption increased approximately 20 percent last year while Canadian imports of fuel ethanol produced in the U.S. were up an estimated 40 percent, according to a report filed with the USDA.
The American Carbon Alliance on Aug. 23 sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel urging the U.S. Treasury Department to adopt the U.S. Department of Energy’s GREET model to calculate the GHG emissions impacts of SAF.
RFA thanks Sheetz for summer-ending E15 price promotion
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August 24, 2023
The RFA is welcoming news from popular fuel retailer Sheetz that it is slashing prices on the lower-carbon E15 fuel blend through the end of August. Sheetz is offering E15 at $2.99 at all the stations that sell the fuel.
Sugar Valley Energy, a subsidiary of California Ethanol & Power LLC, and STARS Technology Corp. are collaborating to delploy hydrogen production technology at SVE’s planned, fully permitted biorefinery in California.
Minnesota offers grants to boost E15 availability
By Minnesota Department of Agriculture
August 24, 2023
Minnesota retail service stations looking to increase access to and sales of motor fuel blends containing at least 15 percent ethanol are encouraged to apply for funding currently available through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Sugar Valley Energy, a subsidiary of California Ethanol & Power LLC, and STARS Technology Corp. are collaborating to delploy hydrogen production technology at SVE's planned, fully permitted biorefinery in California.
Canadian consumption of biodiesel and renewable diesel was down approximately 2.3 percent in 2022 but is expected to rebound this year, growing by an estimated 2.6 percent, according to a report filed with the USDA.
The American Carbon Alliance on Aug. 23 sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel urging the U.S. Treasury Department to adopt the U.S. Department of Energy's GREET model to calculate the GHG emissions impacts of SAF.
Port of Tyne and Drax Group plc have signed a new four-year agreement that aims to ensure an uninterrupted supply of sustainably sourced biomass pellets to Drax Power Station, a biomass-fired power plant in the U.K.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down 2 percent the week ending Aug. 18, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 23. Ethanol stocks were down nearly 3 percent while exports were up 19 percent.
Reps. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and Max Miller, R-Ohio, on Aug. 18 introduced the Farm to Fuselage Act, legislation that aims to update the Farm Bill to facilitate increased domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Fluid Quip Technologies has announced that its patented Distillers Corn Oil (DCO) Technology is achieving record distillers corn oil yields for Ace Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin, with increases of over 20 percent above historical rates.
Growth Energy filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in response to the Hunt Refining Company’s lawsuit seeking to reverse the U.S. EPA’s decision to reject unwarranted SREs.
Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and a subsidiary of Brightmark LLC has announced the delivery of the first renewable natural gas (RNG) from its Larson Project in Okeechobee County, Florida.
Japan has been dramatically increasing its wood pellet imports for its feed-in-tariff (FIT) program, with wood pellet imports expected to reach an estimated 4.25 million bone-dry tons this year, according to a report filed with the USDA.
Reps. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and Max Miller, R-Ohio, on Aug. 18 introduced the Farm to Fuselage Act, legislation that aims to update the Farm Bill to facilitate increased domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
USDA expects no actions under Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2022
By Erin Voegele
August 22, 2023
The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. announced on Aug. 21 that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2022, which runs from Oct. 1, 2022 through Sept. 30, 2023.
Caramuru, a Brazilian agribusiness company, on Aug. 16 announced it has begun selling soybean-based ethanol produced at its processing complex in Sorriso, Mato Grosso, a city located in the west-central region of the country.
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